completed 2013
99″x99″
This show quilt took approximately 22 months from start to finish. The center section with the dresden plates is all hand stitched. Some machine embroidery was used for the bias/piping and for the outer prairie points (which were stitched down). An overall 600-700 hours was spent on the quilt. The quilting was done using several shades of silk thread – 5 miles or so. The red thread is a 40wt poly. I spent about 150-175 hours on the quilting over the course of 6-7 weeks. There are many motifs, with portions of the quilting motif or the piecing repeated. I included feathers, straight and curved ruler work, and a multitude of fillers. Some of the fillers were designed specifically for this quilt. I finished the quilt with a scalloped binding.
Awards
Best of Show Mancuso Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, 2015
Best Machine Quilting, Jax Quiltfest, 2016
Best of Show, New England Quilt Festival/MQX,2013
Masterpiece Award, $5000 Road to California 2014
Exceptional Merit, Maine Quilt Show, 2013
Best Bed Quilt, AQS Lancaster 2014
Best Bed Quilt, AQS Grand Rapids 2014
Best Computerized machine quilting AQS Chattanooga, 2014
Best Longarm/Midarm Machine Quilting, AQS Des Moines 2014
1st place, HMQS 2014
1st place Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, 2016
1st place Minnesota Quilt Show 2014
1st place Wisconsin Quilt Expo, 2015
2nd Place Quilt Odyssey, 2014
2nd place Shipshewana Quilt Festival 2015
3rd place Mancuso World Quilt Show, 2015
3rd place, NQA Columbus, OH, 2013
Judge’s Choice MQS 2013 (Cindy Erickson)
juried into IQA Houston 2013